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Ilsa

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9. I've been meaning to read The Silmarillion.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:25 PM

Jul 2018

Would it make a good series?

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Amazon hires 'Star Trek 4' writers to create 'Lord of the Rings' TV series [View all] brooklynite Jul 2018 OP

I think this whole project is a horrible idea exboyfil Jul 2018 #1

Chronicles of Amber would be way cool. Vogon_Glory Jul 2018 #2

Ummm.. sorry, but I thought ugh Amber sucked... Adrahil Jul 2018 #3

It is a matter of opinion exboyfil Jul 2018 #7

Of course! Adrahil Jul 2018 #20

OK exboyfil Jul 2018 #26

Pretty sure it was more like 30 ... 1930's vs. 1960's ... do correct me if I'm wrong tho :) nt mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #15

Loved the first Amber series MurrayDelph Jul 2018 #18

The first series exboyfil Jul 2018 #23

You mean something like this? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #29

I hear you... Xolodno Jul 2018 #4

I would like someone to take a shot at the Dragonriders of Pern series. Lochloosa Jul 2018 #5

That one, and Bradley's Darkover series. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #6

I would love to see Ursula leGuin's Always Coming Home or Earthsea adapted well... Hekate Jul 2018 #13

Or look at... Xolodno Jul 2018 #25

Netflix produced 2 seasons of the Shannara Chronicles Persondem Jul 2018 #32

Quarter billion just to get out of the gate? miyazaki Jul 2018 #11

A mashup of Good Times, Sanford & Son, and the Jeffersons I think would really kill it with today's mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #16

I liked the movies, don't see a tv series working. Blue_true Jul 2018 #8

I've been meaning to read The Silmarillion. Ilsa Jul 2018 #9

I'd call it a good plot outline... Xolodno Jul 2018 #27

Maybe Sauron wins in this reboot. Kaleva Jul 2018 #10

Is he orange? Or is he a dapper little man who rides the steppes bare-chested? Hekate Jul 2018 #14

The Peter Jackson movies got it so, so wrong. LisaM Jul 2018 #12

I liked 'em okay 'cept for the lame, bolted-on romance stuff ... but I guess they needed more than mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #17

Totally agree on the movies. Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #19

Hence why the book is always better... Xolodno Jul 2018 #28

I disagree, with some exceptions. Adrahil Jul 2018 #31

No Bombadil, no Glorfindel... LisaM Jul 2018 #35

Why not a TV series about the Elric saga? Aristus Jul 2018 #21

YES exboyfil Jul 2018 #24

Do the Silmarillion TlalocW Jul 2018 #22

Glen Cook's "The Black Company" Simeon Salus Jul 2018 #30

This could work if well thougth out. IIRC Beren and Lutrhien has the green light ... Persondem Jul 2018 #33

The Lord of the Rings still hasn't been done in movie form (and can't be). gulliver Jul 2018 #34